Facilitators and barriers of herbal medicine use in Accra, Ghana: An inductive exploratory study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Aziato, Lydia ^a   Antwi, Hannah Ohemeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Effectiveness; Herbal clinic; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EDUCATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GHANA; GHANAIAN; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MONITORING; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PERCEPTION; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; RELIGION; WESTERN MEDICINE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GHANA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84970005326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1124-y     Document Type: Article

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